Dear Miss Manners: My in-laws and I are opposites on a cellular level when it comes to hosting. It ends up making me feel ...

Miss Manners says, "Few people know how to respond to bad news in a way that is simultaneously respectful and compassionate." ...

It is jarring when the writer includes financial information about someone else. They mention that so-and-so “could very well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a company holiday party, one of my colleagues decided not to partake of the wine that was offered. During a round of toasts, she was admonished -- in a good-natured way -- by ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a system of accepted manners related to them. It is true that we no longer dance ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I purchased a new home -- hooray! It’s only 12 minutes down the road from where we currently live with our three young children. We decided to move for many reasons, ...

My local grocery store was very busy and the checkout lines were long. I paid little attention to the lady without a cart in front of me as she spoke to someone on her phone, assuming that she was ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I frequently attend luncheons at which the entree consists of bagels, lox (smoked salmon) and cream cheese. Bagels have grown in size substantially since my childhood. Nowadays, a ...

Am I out of line to have taken this as a breach of etiquette? Is this mixing of personal and commercial now proper?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A colleague just sent me a “friends and family” letter, months after the holidays. In itself, this is fine. I have never received a family letter from them before; we are friendly, ...

Which is the polite way to get to your seat when you have to pass several people (sitting or standing) in a row at the opera, ...

My brother and sister-in-law invited my family of four for a dinner of corned beef and cabbage to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day ...